Pakistan have set a target of 437 runs with 2 full days to go to win the ongoing second Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Sylhet.
It must be remembered that in the Sylhet Test, Pakistani captain Shan Masood won and decided to bowl first, in reply the host team scored 278 runs.
In the first innings for Bangladesh, wicketkeeper batsman Liton Das was the leading batsman with 126 runs off 159 balls which included 16 fours and 2 sixes.
On behalf of Pakistan, Khurram Shehzad dismissed 4 players, Muhammad Abbas 3 and Hasan Ali 2 players and Sajid Khan took one player to the pavilion.
The Pakistan team was bowled out for 232 runs in the first innings and lost by 46 runs. Babar Azam was Pakistan’s leading batsman with 68 runs, he hit 10 fours, while spinner Sajid Khan was the second highest scorer with 38 runs and 28 with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours.
Azan Oweys 13, Abdullah Fazl 9, captain Shan Masood 21, Saud Shakeel 8, Salman Akha 21, Muhammad Rizwan 13, Hasan Ali 18 and Khurram Shahzad scored 10 goals.
Bangladesh scored 390 runs in their second innings and led Pakistan by 46 runs to win by 437 runs.
In Bangladesh’s second match, Khurram Shahzad dismissed 4 players, Sajid Khan took 3 wickets and Hasan Ali and Muhammad Abbas took 2 wickets and 1 wicket respectively.
At the end of the third day of play, Pakistani players Azan Owais and Abdullah Fazal remained on the wickets without scoring and 2 overs were played.
At the end of the third day, Pakistan’s bowling coach Umer Gul said, if we bowl continuously for two days, we have a chance to win the match.
Umer Gul said that we have two days, there is a possibility that it will rain, there is still enough time for the match, it is not so little that the match will be drawn, both teams have a chance to win the match.
